Water-engine



(No Model.) vH. P.`K`AUFFER.

WATER ENGINE.

No. 258,233. Patented May-2s, 1882.

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UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.4

HALE P. KAUFFER, OF KAIAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

WATER-ENGINE.

`SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,233, dated May 23, `1882.

Application filed December 10, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HALE l?. KAUFFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, eountyof Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Water- Engine, of which` the following is a specilica- My invention relates to portable devices for throwing water, consisting of a water-,tank and a force-pum p, constructed and adapted to be used in watering gardens, showering lawns, washing windows, and extinguishing minor conflagrations.

Ithasfor its object certain improvements, in combination with well-knownfeatures,whereby greater simplicity, utility, and cheapness are eii'ected.

A construction embodying my improvements consists in a rectangular water-tank, in which are verticallylocated two hollow wooden pump-logs and mechanism for perfecting a force-pump, saidtank being provided with transportingwheels and a handle for propelling the device.

The ,novel features of construction arc set forth in the detailed description.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a side view of the device; Fig. 2, a cross-section on dotted line l? P, Fig. 1, looking from a point at the left hand ofthe igure, showingtheinternal construction. Fig. Sis a view ot' the lower end of plunger-log;

Fig. 4, a view of the spout connecting the two pump-logs. Fig. 5 is a view of the plunger; and Fig. 6, a cross-section of the pump-logs on dotted lille ct' a', Fig. 2, looking from the top.

A is the water-tank; E, one ot' the wheels, (there being one on the other side,) and H'the handle. fis a door to the tank for supplying it with water. B D are the pump-logs, forming the pump proper. The plunger-log B is made in the same manner, except the vertical hole extends entirelythrough, the lower end being stopped by a hollow plug of wood, r, which serves to support the plunger-log, and also form the lower valve-seat, the valve b being shown in Fig. 2. In the lower end ofplug r are horizontal perforations to admit the water, and around them is wrapped a wire-clotl1 or filtering device. The logs B and DA stand side by side in close contiguity to each other, and connection is made with the hollow center of each by means of the hollow wooden spout a, detachably located, as shown in Fig. 2. This spout 'has a rib, e, countersunk halt' and half in each log, which prevents its displacement lengthwise. The ends of this spout a areof equal size, and end h in the air-chamber log is provided with the upper check-valve, a. In putting the parts ot' the pump together the air-chamber log is secured in place, and the end h of spout a, with valve z, is inserted in the sidle. The plunger-logis then located in place, receiving the other end of spout a in the oritice designed for it. By separating the logs the spout is disconnected from the sides. Thus valvez can be more conveniently examined and replaced by a new one than in prior devices having a connecting-spout which is provided with a valveeseat. By locating the valve in a vertical position at the end of the spout it is foundihat the pressure o'fthcwater in log 'B below the air-chamber on said valve, in closing it, is nearer commensurate with thepressurc caused by the plunger i in opening said valve than it would be were the valve located at the other end of spout a, in the center of the same, orwere the' end to which valve z is connected formed oblique, and also it' the valve were located horizontallyin logr B.

is the plunger-rod, passiligthrough a vertical perforation in the wooden block e, where it is `held by the detachable nut c', Fig. 5. Around each end of this plunger '11,1 secure strips of leather c c', (by sim ply tacking them around the wooden body,) which extend a little beyond the ends and serve for alternate packing to the plunger as. it moves up and down.

L is a handle 'operating the plunger, connecting with it at c and pivoted to stud m.

d d in Fig. 2 are the axles supporting the transporting-wheels, which are bolted to the sides of the tank A. In connection with this common arrangement, in place of two of the bolts I use rod n, extending' entirely through the tank, which not only serves to assist in and the air-chamber log, of the spoilt having the central rib and ends ot' equal size, and the valve secured to the end of saidspout, all subxo stantally as described, for the objects setforth.

2. In a water-engine consisting of a forcepump and a portable tank,the tank having the rod located through it, serving the double purpose setforth, all substantially as described and shown.

HALE P. KAUFFER.

lVitnesses BUN. BANNISTER, EDWIN W. DEYOE. 

